#A8A4EE#A8A4EE

#A8A4EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4EE
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(243, 69%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(243, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 17.68, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 40.60, 295.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0292 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.106 286)
XYZ	xyz(44.8525, 41.0477, 86.4322)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4EE #EAEEA4

analogous

#A4C5EE #A8A4EE #CDA4EE

triadic

#A8A4EE #EEA8A4 #A4EEA8

tetradic

#A8A4EE #EEA4C5 #EAEEA4 #A4EECD

square

#A8A4EE #EEA4C5 #EAEEA4 #A4EECD

split-complementary

#A8A4EE #EECDA4 #C5EEA4

monochromatic

#453DDB #7770E4 #A8A4EE #D9D8F8 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8A4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8A4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4EE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4EE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97B1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bff4',
    500: '#a8a4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ee;
$custom-light: #c3bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.243,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.41049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4EE

secondary

#F0F2D9

accent

#D015C6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4EE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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